Looks like one of those barf alert articles drummed up by the liberal media to try to put the blame on those rich oil Barron republicans. If I’m correct the article was created by public radio, a front for the liberal lieing democrats.
Not taking sides, but my bank experienced a pretty good spike in past due loans when gas prices were really high in 2008. Makes sense. Folks living on the edge, paycheck to paycheck, and gas goes through the roof. You still have to drive to work. Not surprising there is a correllation and I saw anecdotal evidence first hand to support it.